Part I: Look at One Or More of These University Sites for Help in Assessing Materials

Evaluating Websites

Part I: Look at one or more of these university sites for help in assessing materials. Cornell University Library: http://www.library.cornell.edu/olinuris/ref/research/webeval.html#eval Berkeley: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html Ithaca College: http://www.ithaca.edu/library/training/think.html

Part II. Examine the website you have been assigned, using the criteria you’ve gathered from these library sites above to determine if your site is a good source for an academic essay. Who is responsible for the site? What credentials do they have? Do they give you references (e.g. a bibliography) for their statements? Materials which are presented by an overtly political or commercial site might still be useful, but you need to be aware of the slant or purpose and take that into consideration.

Write up a page or so explaining the basis for your evaluation, that is, explaining why you think it is good or not. Print your evaluation. We’ll then discuss these.

1) Curb Your Cravings, LLC: http://www.curbyourcravings.com/hp/10242007/ Hani 2) Medline Plus: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ Michelle 3) Healthline: http://www.healthline.com/ John 4) WHO: http://www.who.int/en/ Rochelle 5) How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ Stephen 6) Vegsource: http://www.vegsource.com/ Enjelicia 7) DHMO in milk: http://www.dhmo.org/milk.html Pablo 8) Women and AIDS: http://147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.htm Christopher T. 9) The Analyst: http://www.diagnose-me.com/index.html Michael 10) WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/ Amir 11) Skeptic: http://www.skeptic.com/index.html Lela 12) Science: http://www.sciencemag.org/Carlos 13) Mankato, Minnesota: http://city-mankato.us/ Christopher D. 14) Answers.com: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Would_a_heart_flutter_mean_heart_problems SusAnna 15) The National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/Wayne 16) Sky and Telescope: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/ Halisa 17) Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/ 18) Humanities and Social Science Online: http://www.h-net.org/ 19) Columbia Journalism Review: http://www.cjr.org/ Stephanie 20) Energy medicine: http://www.faemt.org/ Joanna 21) Medscape: http://www.medscape.com/ Caitlin 22) Institute for Historical Review: http://www.ihr.org/main/journal.shtml 23) National Council Against Health Fraud: http://www.ncahf.org/ 24) Autism Websites: http://www.nationalautismassociation.org/index.php and http://www.autismone.org/ James 25) Dr. Sam: http://www.drsam.tv/home/ Monica 26) About.com on Alternative Medicine: http://altmedicine.about.com/od/massage/a/value_of_massage.htm 27) Trusty Guides: http://www.trustyguides.com/index.html 28) On the Media: http://www.onthemedia.org 29) Philosophy of Genetics: http://freewill.typepad.com/ 30) Philip Coppens: http://www.philipcoppens.com/index.html 31) On Truth and Reality: http://www.spaceandmotion.com/